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Entertainment
Anita Rani: “Asian women aren’t seen as multi-dimensional”
The Woman’s Hour presenter on role models, representation and outrageous women.
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Entertainment
Shot during lockdown, Zendaya’s new Netflix film proves less is more
Two people, one house, a whole lot of drama.
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Music
Meet the women powering Africa’s musical revolution
The continent’s creatives are finally starting to take up the space they deserve.
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Celebrity
Small Axe star Amarah-Jae St Aubyn: “Filming Lovers Rock felt like coming back to myself”
The Steve McQueen film is an ode to Black joy.
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Steve McQueen’s Lovers Rock proves joy is a radical act
This week’s Small Axe film is essential viewing.
TV
“How the killing of my childhood friend shaped the woman I’ve become”
Yinka Bokinni on the lasting impact of Damilola Taylor’s death.
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TV
In High Fidelity, Zoë Kravitz gives us a badly behaved heroine for our times
No saccharine romcom clichés here.
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Beauty
How to build a satisfyingly decadent body care routine
Because skincare shouldn't stop at your collarbones.
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Life
10 of the loveliest period dramas to escape into now
Let’s return to a simpler time, shall we?
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Books
The Toni Morrison novels everyone should read, from The Bluest Eye to Beloved
She won a Pulitzer and a Nobel Prize for a reason, friends
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Life
The Photograph is exactly the kind of romantic escapism we need right now
Relationships, regret and a hell of a lot of beautiful, well-dressed people.
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“I was definitely not a happy kid. I wrote songs to tell people the things I couldn’t say”
Singer Emma McGrath on the healing power of music.
Life
Queen & Slim is a huge home-truth of a film that’s bursting with beauty
And we have two talented black women to thank for it.
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People
“The music industry needs its #MeToo moment”
If you don’t know singer ALA.NI, it’s about time you did.
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Life
So, is Sex Education’s second season as good as the first?
With storylines on everything from pansexuality to dirty talk to douching, the gang’s all here.
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Life
The science of boredom: when did we lose the ability to be bored?
“There’s rarely a moment when our brains are not subject to some form of external stimulus.”
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People
Sex Education’s Emma Mackey talks real-world sex, consent and Prince Andrew
“Men like him are part of a generation who have inherited archaic ways of being and thinking… but that’s not an excuse anymore.”
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Travel
The out-of-office checklist: a guide to actually relaxing on your break
Because switching off is easier said than done.
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How Beabadoobee’s confessional bedroom pop captured the anxieties of a generation
The Brit nominee talks weed brownies and life-affirming tattoos.
People
Why Bat For Lashes swapped the bustle of London for LA’s peachy sunsets
The singer is back with an album inspired by a “vampire girl gang”.
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